Vegan & Gluten Free Severed Finger Sugar Cookies

Okay FULL DISCRETION: this recipe was friggin’ HARD! Opting to go for a more plant-based route, I was seriously lacking a good binding agent sans the eggs… are there any solid plant-based bakers out there that have a good solution for this little issue of mine?! LET ME KNOW PLEASE! Don’t get me wrong… the cookies were delicious & I’m totally happy with the end result – but this recipe was seriously a toughie! Nonetheless, I encourage you to try & attempt some form of this ghoulish delight for yourself… because seriously how cute?!

Tricks & Treats – Vegan & Gluten Free Severed Finger Sugar Cookies

I was inspired by Rachael Ray’s version, which you can find HERE, but I wanted to go for a slightly “healthier” option – but let’s be real… these are still sugar cookies… so let’s all take “healthy” with a grain of salt, shall we? I mean there’s still a plethora of sugar in this bad boy. Okay? Okay.

Any-who, I swapped out a few ingredients here & there… & turned to Yammie’s Noshery for a bit of help on the baking side of things.. & ended up with these fantabulous, creepy little creations!!!! Happy Baking!

Here’s What You’ll Need

1 Cup Sugar

1/2 Cup Coconut Oil – Nutiva

2tsp Vanilla Extract – Simply Organic

1/3 Cup Almond Milk – Silk Almond Milk

1 Cup Coconut Flour – Bob’s Red Mill

1/2 tsp Baking Soda – Ambrosia Natural Foods

1/2 tsp Baking Powder – Ambrosia Natural Foods

2 tbsp Potato Starch – Ambrosia Natural Foods

Sliced almonds – Bulk; Ambrosia Natural Foods

Raspberry Jam – Crofters Organic

*** All of these wonderfully, amazing products were purchased from Ambrosia Natural Foods.. obviously!!!

Allow the mixture to sit on the counter, while you turn on the oven to 350.

**** Okay THIS is where it gets seriously difficult. Take balls of the mixture and mould them into finger-like shapes – they will likely try to crumble on you: DON’T LET THEM. You are going to have to go FULL ON Michelangelo on these guys & simply sculpt like you’ve never sculpted before. I moulded them directly on the pan – which seemed to work for me after a while.

Once you’ve nearly decided to give up on this entire recipe, due to the pure madness that was the sculpting, take a fork & make two sets of indentations on the finger cookies – place them where knuckles should go! Everything is wonderful again.

Place an almond slice at the tip of the cookie – these are the nails… they look SUPER real

Pop them in the oven & bake for 13 minutes (spooky right?!) *** each oven is different so please adjust accordingly & keep an eye on them!!

Take cookies out of the oven & let them sit for about 10-15 minutes to cool

Dip the end of each finger cookie into the Crofters jam (for the blood!)

Serve! HOT TIP: Keep a bowl of Crofters Organic Raspberry Jam so that your guests can continue to dip their cookies! It is SOOO SOOO good!! Best combo!